New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-08-02

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The beneficial effect Of ii gh-L'c2nse law
was fairly demonstrated yesterday In Allie
gheny County. Pennsylvania. In that one
county 200 iquor-shops were closed by the
operation of the statute fl ing the license fee
Mt $500. If Governor Hill had not vetoed
the gh-License bill ap l., ing to this city all
the low grog shops would now be closed.
According to the reports from Saratoga
thc Republican State Convert on Is likely to
be held September IA. That will allow OF
a six weeks canvass, and II the tame Is well
improved it will perhaps be enough. 1t is
only necessary to get thoroughly before the
people the issues OF the canvass to assure
Republican triumIh.
The kind of Justice for which wJersey
has been :.oted ought to be dealt out prompt
Iy to the young rufiian who deliberately muir
defed his sixtcen-year-od wife yesterday In
jersey CITY, Hanging seems almost too good
for such rci-handed villain. The circum-
stances of the case serve to illustrate anew
the danger of hasty and clandc tine mar
riages The men who so'emnize sach mar
riagcs are also deserving OF punishment.
Only few mills are involved In the strike
of 5000 iron workers in the Pttsburg dis
trict yesterday and the r uble is not likely
to prove serious. The Question "a to whether
q few men shall be allowed to earn double
wages is hardly of sufficient importance for a
prolonged struggle. To permit the payment
of extra w gcs is az inst the leyelling pro-
cess of the trade organizations, and they
feibid it, To an outsider it would seem only
fair to allow a man TO earn as much as nc
can; but perhaps the men have more OF
grievance than appears on the surface.
In the government of the DIS ret OF Co
lumbia which is entirely under the Pres dent
control, there should be improyem mt under
his Administration if anywhere. But the
state OF things is 80 bad there that a pull
indignation meeting has been held, and gen
cral dissatisfaction seems to prevail The
local government has been gCing from bad
70 worse since tho old Comm IS oners were
turned out and charges of mai-administra-
ton are becoming unpleasantly prominent
When the Commissioners buy fancy china
$500 horses and other like tn ngs at the
public expense. it is evident That they arc
wholly unfit for their places.
Now that the Reorganization scheme has
gone into effect at the Custom House the
"reformcrs' will feel better. Some old en-
ployes will continae TO perform the same
work under new names, and lew new
plaoes have been created There seems TO
have been no particular end in view except
TO show that something has been done for
81 rcform.' The place which really needs
rcforming--the Surveyors of1ice-will con-
time to be run in the interest OF the County
Democracy. Reorganization does not operate
by any means aga INST the interest OF Demo
cratic politicians
The official report OF the Board OF Naval
Officers appointed to EXAMINE the Atlanta
does not throw much additional light on the
subject The hull of the vessel was found
lAie TO bearf the strain OF the continuous
firing Of tho guns but the gun-cafriages
were defective. Whatever trouble there was
resulted from work wholly done under the
! present Admin stration- The usual effort to
4 throw the blame on the previous Administra-
ton will have to be abandoned in this case.
ISN'T it about time, too. for Secretary Whit